2002.1研究生英语学位课统考真题

2002年1月研究生英语学位课统考真题

PAPER ONE

Part I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (15 minutes, 15 points) Section A ( 1 point each )

Directions: In this part, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. The questions will be spoken only once. Choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square bracket on your Answer Sheet.

1. A. In about 10 minutes.

B. In about 20minutes.

C. In about 30 minutes.

D. In about 40 minutes.

2. A. They don't like their next-door neighbor.

B. They feel lonely here.

C. They find the life here tough.

D. They don t feel safe in this neighborhood.

3. A. The manager was impatient with John.

B. John was afraid of talking with the manager.

C. John was not interested in the business.

D. The room where they had the talk was a mess.

4. A. It was interesting.

B. It was boring.

C. It was moving.

D. It was an empty talk.

5. A. She often goes outing with her neighbors.

B. She thinks that her neighbors are trustworthy.

C. She thinks that her neighbors are very friendly.

D. She has much in common with her neighbors.

6. A. Jane has changed a lot.

B. Jane is artistic.

C. Jane is conscientious.

D. Jane's idea is not good enough.

7. A. She didn't like them from the very beginning.

B. She doesn't like their color.

C. Their color is too close to that of the walls.

D. Their color doesn't match that of the walls.

8. A. They are amusing and instructive.

B. They are popular and interesting.

C. They are ridiculous and boring.

D. They are uninteresting and outdated.

9. A. Because John is as clumsy as a pig.

B. Because John has never played a game like this.

C. Because John is not as competitive as other players.

D. Because John has no confidence in himself.

Section B (1 point each)

Directions: In this part you will hear two short passages. At the end of each passage, there will be some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be read to you only once.

After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Answer Sheet.

10. A. Being compulsory in most countries.

B. Covering differently according to different situations.

C. Helping the needy to survive.

D. Sharing risks of possible losses.

11. A. To prove that it is wise to spend money on insurance.

B. To prove that buying insurance is a wasted investment.

C. To tell us that the sense of security is very important in driving.

D. To tell us that accidents may take place at any time.

12. A. Business, poverty and health insurance.

B. Car, liability and life insurance.

C. Possessions, disability and health insurance.

D. Liability, home and life insurance.

13. A. They live on their parents' income.

B. They live on food given by others.

C. They live on begged food.

D. They live on potatoes only.

14. A. Their teachers died of AIDS.

B. Their parents died of AIDS.

C. They had no money to pay for the tuition.

D. They were infected with HIV.

15. A. About 4.2%.

B. About 10%.

C. About 20%.

D. Less than 30%.

Part II VOCABULARY (10 minutes, 10 points )

Section A (0. 5 point each )

Directions: There are ten questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with one word or phrase underlined. Below the sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and

D. Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined one. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Answer Sheet.

16. Terrorist activities, in whatever forms, are to be by peace-loving people worldwide.

A. announced B. forgiven C. condemned D. despised

proved.

A. aspiration B. inspiration C. creativity D. breathing

18. The military operations yesterday were targeted at the Taliban's military installations.

A. set about B. set out C. set apart D. set aside

A. businessman B. commodity C. substance D. talent

parents.

A. encourage B. survive C. arouse D. fulfill

A. helpful B. useless C. harmless D. inappropriate

22. Faced with this situation, top executives of this company are trying to find quick solutions.

A. unexpected B. undesirable C. comforting D. grave A. without any objections B. in the end C. in the dark D. against heavy odds

A. institutions B. standard C. prestige D. application continues.

A. exhausted B. evaluated C. deployed D. popularized

Section B (0. 5 point each)

Directions: There are ten questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with something missing. Below each sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark the corresponding Letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Answer Sheet.

26. Harry Potter was originally _____ for children or teenagers, yet many adults have come to be crazy about the book.

A. extended B. intended C. inclined D. directed

27. This experienced author was able to _____ the lifetime's work of Jefferson into one volume.

A. suppress B. compress C. express D. depress

28. A Frenchman who has an unusually sensitive nose can _____ hundreds of different smells.

A. nominate B. dominate C. eliminate D. discriminate

29. The Chinese share the _______ that their life will become better and the country more prosperous.

A. conviction B. speculation C. elaboration D. perspiration

30. After weeks of ______, the owners and the union leaders have finally agreed on the question of sick benefits.

A. administration B. arbitration C. authorization D. alternation

31. It took this disabled boy a long time to _____ the fact that he was not qualified for admission to college.

A. come up with B. come down with C. come up to D. come to terms with

32. The authorities claim that the rate of crime is declining, but statistics show______.

A. clockwise B. otherwise C. elsewhere D. likewise

33. Air attacks in Afghanistan are focused on airports and training camps to avoid civilian _____.

A. involvement B. rebellion C. casualties D. anguish

34. After all, people across the Taiwan Straits are of the same race, so this island and the mainland are _____.

A. inexplicable B. irreplaceable C. indispensable D. inseparable

35. President Bush said that the most urgent mission was to bring the wrongdoers to ______.

A. justice B. justification C. adjustment D. justifiability

Part III CLOZE TEST (10 minutes. 15 points, 1 point each)

Directions: There are 15 questions in this part of the test. Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D for each blank in the passage. Mark the corresponding Letter of the word or phrase you have chosen with a single bar across the square brackets on your Answer Sheet.

It has been said that in a high-divorce society, not only are more unhappy marriages likely to end in divorce, but in addition, more marriages are likely to become unhappy. Much of life's happiness and much of its come from the same source — one's marriage. Indeed, few things in life have the potential to provide as much or as much anguish. As the accompanying box indicates, many couples are having more than their share of the But divorce statistics reveal only part of the problem. For each marriage that sinks, countless others remain but are stuck in stagnant waters. ―We used to be a happy family, but the last 12 years have been horrible,‖ a woman married for more than 30 years. ―My husband is not interested in my feelings. He is truly my worst enemy.‖ Similarly, a husband of nearly 25 years said, ―My wife has told me that she doesn't love me anymore. She says that if we can just exist as roommates and each go our ways when it comes to leisure time, the situation can be ‖

Of course, some in such terrible straits their marriage. For many, however, divorce is finances, friends, relatives, and religious beliefs might keep a couple together, even in a state.“Unlikely to divorce legally,‖ she says, ―these spouses choose to a partner from whom they are emotionally divorced.‖

Must a couple whose relationship has cooled themselves to a life of dissatisfaction? Is a loveless marriage the only to divorce? Experience proves that many troubled marriages can be saved — not only from the of breakup but also from the misery of lovelessness.

36. A. mighty B. misery C. mystery D. myth

37. A. delight B. dismay C. dignity D. destiny

38. A. late B. later C. latter D. last

39. A. ashore B. afloat C. arrogant D. ascended

40. A. conferred B. compromised C. confessed D. confided

41. A. passional B. feeling C. emotional D. sensational

42. A. separate B. parting C. different D. divided

43. A. excused B. forgiven C. comprehended D. tolerated

44. A. intensify B. terminate C. reinforce D. betray

45. A. in the end C. in the way

B. out of the count D. out of the question

46. A. loving B. lovely C. loved D. loveless

47. A. insist on B. persist in C. remain with D. keep in with

48. A. resign B. deposit C. expel D. return

49. A. pattern B. destination C. alternative D. route

50. A. addiction B. agony C. abuse D. abolition

Part IV READING COMPREHENSION (45 minutes, 30 points, 1 point each) Directions: In this part of the test, there are five short passages. Read each passage carefully, and then do the questions that follow. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Answer Sheet.

Passage One

Moviegoers may think history is repeating itself this weekend. The summer's most anticipated film, Pearl Harbor, which has opened recently, painstakingly re-creates the Japanese attack that drew the United States into World War II. But that isn't the film's only reminder of the past. Harbor invites comparison to Titanic, the biggest hit of all time. Like Titanic, Harbor heaps romance and action around a major historical event. Like Titanic, Harbor attempts to create popular global entertainment from a deadly real-life tragedy. Like Titanic, Harbor

Both Titanic and Pearl Harbor unseal their tales of love and tragedy over more than three hours. Both stories center on young passion, triangles of tension with one woman and two men; In Titanic, Leonardo DiCaprio and Billy Zane compete for the love of the same woman, a high-society type played by a British actress named Kate (Winslet). In Harbor, two pilots (Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett) fall for the same woman, a nurse played by a British actress named Kate (Beckinsale).

The scenes of peril also have similarities. Harbor has a shot in which soldiers cling for dear life as the battleship USS Oklahoma capsizes. The moment is recalled of the Titanic's climactic sinking scene in which DiCaprio and Winslet hang from the ocean liner as half of the ship vertically plunges into the water. In Harbor, one of its stars floats atop a piece of debris in the middle of the night, much like Winslet's character does in Titanic.

And the jaw-dropping action of Titanic is matched by Harbor's, 40-minute re-creation of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on the United States' Pacific Fleet. Both films spent heavily on special effects. Harbor director, Michael Bay, for example, says he kept salaries down so more could be spent on the visuals. Both movies even shot their ship-sinking scenes at the same location; Fox Studios Baja in Mexico.

Harbor's makers have even taken a Titantic-like approach to the soundtrack. The film includes one song. There You'll be, performed by country music superstar Faith Hill. Titanic, which is one of the best selling soundtracks of all time, also has only one pop song: Celine Dion's MY Heart Will Go On.

―If Harbor becomes a major moneymaker, filmmakers may comb history books searching for even more historical romance-action material.‖ says a critic.

51. What are the two things that the author of this article tries to compare?

A. The attack on Pearl Harbor and the sinking of the Titanic.

B. Historical fiction movies and successful box office hits.

C. The movie Titanic and the on-show movie Pearl Harbor.

D. Sinking boats and famous actors.

52. Pearl Harbor and Titanic are similar in all of the following aspects EXCEPT_____.

A. both spent large amount of money on special effects

B. both have soundtracks starring a major pop star

C. both added made-up stories to historical events

D. both are documentary movies of historical events

53. Who plays the leading female role in Pearl Harbor?

A. Kate Beckinsale. B. Ben Affleck.

C. Kate Winslet. D. Faith Hill.

54. What does the phrase ―cost a pretty penny‖ in the first paragraph mean?

A. To be very attractive. B. To cost a lot.

C. To have big box office returns. D. To require a lot of effort to accomplish.

55. If Pearl Harbor is as successful as Titanic, which of the following movies might we see next?

A. The Battle of Waterloo. B. The Advents of Mr. Bean.

C. Space Invaders. D. The Haunted House.

56. It is said in the passage that ____.

A. major historical events can never repeat themselves

B. both Titanic and Pearl Harbor are the historical reappearance

C. Pearl Harbor may have a better box office return than Titanic

D. Titanic is the most successful film in history

Passage Two

A few weeks ago my mother called to say there was a warrant out for my arrest. I was mystified. I’d like to think myself dangerous but I’m a mild-mannered journalist. I don't have a criminal record, though the address on my driver’s license is my mother’s - thus the ―raid.‖ I hadn’t robbed any convenience stores lately, nor fled the scene after backing a Jeep into a crowd of people.

But this is Mayor Giuliani s New York, where it doesn’t take much to draw the attention of cops. New Yorkers know all about Hizzonor’s banning homeless cleaning men from approaching drivers and offering to clean their windshields. H’s also cracked down on street vendors. Yuppie that 1 am. I’ve never given much thought to what it felt like to be on the other

side of the law.

So when the cops came knocking, I thought there must be some mistake. Imagine my embarrassment upon discovering my crime. One Saturday night in March, I strolled out of apartment after dinner, a Coors Light beer in hand. Suddenly a police officer came up and wrote me a ticket. The charge: violating New York City’s open-container laws. Yeah. I probably should have paid it then and there. But instead I stuck the pink slip in my back pocket and forgot about it.

When I called to inquire about my case. I was told to ―speak with Officer Kosenza.‖ But I didn’t get a chance. Kosenza called me that night while I was having dinner with my girlfriend. He wanted me to come to court, right then. But I was cautious. It seems New York’s police are in a bind. With crime falling to record lows, it's getting harder and harder for cops to ―make the numbers‖ that show they’re doing a better and better job. What to do? The answer is to rifle through out-of-date tickets that haven’t been paid – anything they could turn into a ―crime.‖ I finally decided to turn myself in. which is how 1 found myself, one August evening, handcuffed at the downtown Manhattan police station with an older officer telling us tales of his days in the 1980s. ―Times sure have changed.‖ he said, shaking his head at us statistically Eventually I was led into a courtroom. Very quickly, it was done. Handcuffs off, out the door. I wanted to complain but went quietly home, promising not to do whatever I was guilty of for another six months. I got off easy. But I also learned a lesson: Giuliani s clean streets come with a price. If only the mayor would neglect to pay a ticket.

57. According to the passage, the author is probably _____.

A. an urban young professional

B. a narrow-minded journalist

C. a criminal wanted by the police

D. a traffic offender

58. The author was arrested primarily because _____.

A. he once stuck a piece of pink paper in his back pocket

B. he used his mother's address on the driver's license

C. he had robbed convenience shops before

D. he drank some beer one night on the street

59. The word "nuisances" in the fourth paragraph may mean _____.

A. mild-mannered prisoners

B. trouble makers

C. new arrivals

D. hardened criminals

60. Through the passage, the author wants to convey the idea that _____.

A. New York policemen are doing a good job cracking down on crimes

B. not everyone agrees with the mayor's management of the city

C. the crime rate has been reduced at the expense of citizens' convenience

D. everyone including the mayor should be punished if he is guilty of crime

61. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. The author pleaded guilty and was set free.

B. Policemen were trying hard to please their superiors.

C. Many so-called crimes were only trifle things.

D. It's no use complaining to cops when you are caught.

62. The tone of the passage is ______.

A. satirical B. objective C. praiseful D. complaining

Passage Three

Ewen Cameron is long dead but his ghost appears to haunt Canada, where extraordinarily strict rules are being considered to protect the subjects of psychological research.

Cameron was a scientist straight from a horror movie. On the surface, he was a respectable academic. But after the end of the Second World War, he visited the Nuremberg trials, superficially to examine Rudolf Hess's psychological state. Many people believe that he also studied Nazi methods of mind control. Certainly, he never internalized the Nuremberg declaration that prohibits human experiments where risk outweighs ―humanitarian

importance.‖

Throughout the 1950s, Cameron ran a CIA-funded laboratory at McGill University where patients were used as guinea pigs in brainwashing experiments. Some patients were given ECT ―therapy‖ twice daily, others were drugged and kept unconscious for weeks or months, injected with huge amounts of drugs, and subjected to long-term sensory deprivation.

Compensation has been paid to most surviving patients. But suspicion of the psychological sciences has not entirely gone away. Nor has the need for patients’ rights to be guaranteed. Cameron, after all, ensured that every patient signed a consent form, even though many were not in position to understand what it meant.

The strict new rules for psychological research now under discussion can partly be understood in the light of special Canadian sensitivities. They are designed to ensure that no one can be involved in an experiment that might damage their own interests.

All well and good, except that psychological sciences aren’t going to advance if anyone can leave an experiment if they don’t like the results. Obviously, many psychological experiments would not be possible if the experimenters had to reveal exactly what they were testing.

There is much to debate about the rights of patients and experimental subjects. The committee drawing up the code has apparently received 2,000 pages of comment on its draft. No one should do anything until this committee has had all the time it needs to read, digest and study these submissions. And then reach a truly balanced position.

63. According to the author, we may conclude that _____.

A. Cameron was a dedicated and responsible scientist

B. Cameron was interested in unveiling the myths about Rudolf Hess’s psychological state

C. Cameron tried to ensure that his subjects clearly understood the purpose of the experiments

D. Cameron unmistakably violated the subjects’ rights

64. Which of the following statements is NOT true based on the second paragraph?

A. Cameron’s appearance might misrepresent his true personality.

B. Probing into the psychological state of the Nazi was outside Cameron’s profession.

C. Cameron did not observe the stipulation relating to human experiments.

D. People believed that he had undisclosed motives for attending the Nuremberg trials.

65. We can infer from this passage that _____.

A. making compensation for the subjects’ loss was illegal

B. some subjects in Cameron’s experiments died

C. people have been quite indifferent to the subjects’ rights

D. as a rule, people are fully supportive of psychological sciences

66. The committee responsible for working out the rules governing psychological research _____.

A. has to give top priority to psychological advances

B. is bombarded with criticisms from the public

C. is expected to take into account all the reactions to the drafting

D. should rely on those willing to sacrifice their own interests

67. One of the problems with the new rules for psychological research is that _____.

A. the rules can do little to protect the patients’ rights

B. people may withdraw from the experiments in fear of damage to their own interests

C. it would be impossible to sort out anything valuable from the comments on the rules

D. people’s response to psychological sciences is overwhelmingly negative

Passage Four

Some accept their fate. Others try to reason with the police officer who has pulled them over for some real or imagined traffic offense. But when law enforcement is represented by a computer-driven camera that has immortalized your violation on film — as is the case at hundreds of intersections in more than 60 cities around the U. S. — it's hard to talk your way out of a heavy fine. Yet that is precisely what some 300 motorists in San Diego succeeded in doing last week when a superior court judge rules that pictures taken by the so-called red-light cameras were unreliable and therefore unacceptable.

The first U. S. Court decision to reject all the traffic violations caught on camera, the ruling by judge Ronald Styn has fueled debate over the growing use of the devices. Police

departments swear, and studies indicate, that the robocams (robot cameras) deter people from speeding and running red lights. A Lou Harris poll set for release this week finds that 69% of Americans support their use. Yet at least seven states have blocked proposals to implement them, and opponents — ranging from House majority leader Dick Armey to the American Civil Liberties Union — argue that the cameras violate privacy and place profit above public safety.

Part of the problem is that virtually all the devices in place are operated by private firms that handle everything from installing the machinery to identifying violations — often with minimal police oversight — and have an incentive to pull in as many drivers as they can. The Diego has got in $15. 9 million since October 1998, and Washington $12. 8 million since August 1999. ―It's all about money,‖ says Congressman Bob Barr, a leading critic. Not so, insists Terrance Gainer, Washington's executive assistant chief of police. ―We have reduced fatalities. If some company is making money off that, that is American way.‖

Critics counter that there must be other, less intrusive ways to make intersections safer, such as lengthening the yellow light and adding turn lanes. ―I object to this fixation we have with cameras and electronically gathered information,‖ says Barr. ―It places too much confidence in technology.‖ That confidence, as Washington residents have learned, can be misplaced. The city removed one camera last May that had generated more than 19,000 tickets at a particularly confusing intersection. In San Diego, faulty sensors made drivers appear to be going faster than they really were. The city suspended the system in July.

Another concern is privacy. While systems in Washington, Maryland and North Carolina photograph nothing but the rear of the car, others in Arizona, California and Colorado take a picture of the driver s seat as well — a bit of electronic monitoring that could land straying spouses in trouble a lot more serious than a traffic violation.

In Europe, where speedcams are deployed by the thousands and are even less popular than they are here, resentful drivers have started to take matters into their own hands, seeking out hidden cameras and knocking them over with their cars.

68. It is mainly indicated in the first paragraph that _____.

A. people respond differently when caught in traffic offense

B. motorists can be wrongly accused by police officers

C. speeders cannot defend themselves before red-light cameras

D. computer-driven cameras sometimes do tell lies

69. The court decision last week _____.

A. triggered a dispute over the use of robocams

B. immuned few camera-caught violators from punishment

C. found fewer red-light camera supporters in America

D. deterred some states from implementing camera devices

70. Opponents’ arguments against cameras include all the following EXCEPT _____.

A. they intrude into people’s privacy

B. they give priority to the pursuit of profit

C. they are operated by private firms

D. they are under the supervision of police

71. Police department believes that _____.

A. robocams should not be operated by private firms

B. robocams arc effective in maintaining traffic order

C. speeding is the major cause of traffic fatalities

D. companies operating cameras should riot pursue money only

72. The phrase ―chump change‖ in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to _____.

A. trivial B. moderate C. enormous D. indefinite

73. According to the passage. Bob Barr _____.

A. is the majority leader in the House of Representatives

B. is strongly against the American way of making money

C. lacks confidence in modern technology

D. doubts the authenticity of electronically gathered information

74. The writer s attitude towards speedcams can be best expressed as _____.

A. positive B. negative C. indifferent D. uncertain

75. Drivers in European countries _____.

A. get angry at the red-light cameras

B. destroy thousands of the speedcams

C. take the initiative in the use of speedcams

D. take drastic measures with speedcams

Passage Five

Now and then, researchers retreat from the trackless jungle at the edge of knowledge and set up camp in more familiar territory. Such expeditions don’t often yield surprises, but it’s always reassuring to know that the back yard looks much as we thought it did.

Among those scientists were psychologists from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. To prove their theory — that people are more likely to yell at a family member or a peer than a superior — they asked 100 college students to wear blood-pressure cuffs and to keep notes about when they got angry and what they did about it.

The momentous conclusion: people tend to bottle up anger felt toward an authority figure, and are more likely to vent it instead at family members or friends.

While these findings are far from earth-shattering, one researcher pointed out that nobody had ever looked at anger this way before.

Big words can make a self-evident result seem weightier. Psychologists at the National Institute for Healthcare Research in Maryland used this technique when they announced that when one person hurts another, forgiveness ―is associated with restored relational closeness following an interpersonal transgression.‖ Couples who have adopted the kiss-and-make-up strategy will no doubt be pleased to learn that there is now a sound scientific basis for their actions.

Psychologists, however, aren’t the only ones taking pains to prove the obvious.

Some boldly going where few have gone don’t always lead to radical conclusions. Over the years, researchers have set up weather-monitoring stations in remote areas of Antarctica. According to data from stations on the Ross Ice Shelf — where almost all those taking part in Robert Scott's ill-fated South Pole expedition perished sometime between late February and mid-March of 1912 — temperatures as low as those recorded in Scott’s journal have been documented only once in the past 15 years.

This evidence led to one inexorable conclusion about what killed Scott and most of his party: it was the cold.

76. According to the author, the scientists who do researches in more familiar territory _____.

A. have confirmed what we have already known

B. have looked at things in new ways

C. have had important discoveries by studying the obvious

D. have done some useless work

77. Which of the following is NOT true according to the psychologists at Stony Brook?

A. When people get angry, their blood pressure changes.

B. People are less likely to show their anger to their family members.

C. People tend to let off their grievance at home.

D. They have looked at anger in a unique way.

78. The psychologists in Maryland have proved that when one person hurts another, ______.

A. it is easier for them to make up if they have very close relations

B. it is easier for them to make up if they show their intimacy

C. they should kiss each other to make it up

D. they should find a sound scientific basis to make up

79. According to the research on the Ross Ice Shelf, Robert Scott’s expedition failed because _____.

A. most of the expeditioners couldn't stand hardships

B. Robert Scott should not have chosen to go there in winter

C. it was exceptionally cold on Antarctica that year

D. Robert Scott did not pay much attention to the temperature record of Antarctica

80. It is implied in the passage that _____.

A. people should not bottle up their anger at their family members or friends

B. bold researches would lead to radical conclusions

C. what scientists say is not necessarily important

D. researchers should shift from the edge of knowledge to familiar fields

PAPER TWO

Part V TRANSLATION (40 minutes, 20 points)

Section A (20 minutes, 10 points)

Directions：Put the following paragraphs into Chinese. Write your Chinese version in the proper space on Answer Sheet II.

Regrettably for many in Silicon Valley, the ability to make accurate forecasts can depend on how well-established a company’s products are. Young industries on steep growth curves are almost always surprised by how well their products do in the first few years, and then they’re at a loss when demand falls. Says a Stanford University business strategy professor, ―In a highly dynamic and unpredictable market people are going to make mistakes. It's inherent in the type of business.‖

In many corners of Silicon Valley — and elsewhere — unpredictability is inevitable. One solution: keep innovating but develop sound service businesses to sell with products. Building a ―very strong service business,‖ a company president says, smoothes out the rough spots between innovations.

Section B (20 minutes, 10 points)

Directions: Put the following paragraph into English. Write your English version in the proper space on Answer Sheet II.

4年来，中国两次成功地克服了全球经济衰退（recession）的冲击，实现了经济持续快速增长。目前，中国面临的问题是如何将国内13亿人口变成真正意义上的消费者，从而开辟更广阔的国内市场。

Part VI WRITING (30 minutes, 10 points )

Directions：Write a composition of approximately 150 words according to the topic given below:

TOPIC:

Studying abroad has gained popularity in China. In the past, many students went abroad after their college education. Currently, those going abroad are mostly middle-school students aged 16~19. Do you think it is a good idea for the teenagers to study at broad? Give at least three reasons to support your viewpoint.